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Why would they waste their time making different models for the low percentage of left handers out there its just a game. Other things are worth fixing though like holding weapon while climbing ladder and other things.

I just mapped a temple map de_aztec_temple. For those of you that still play counterstrike but don't have condition zero GET IT!!!!!! Counterstrike is WAYYYYYY out of date. Condition zero is the exact same gameplay except better models and way better versions of all the basic maps. Plus ya'll need to test out my map I made for it! And i'm starting another one for it now.

I know it's early but I practically live for these. I was thinking and wouldn't mind doing another "map from layout". There really fun and pretty easy to finish with such guidelines.

I liked hunty and grim's movies!

Full Name: Myles aka zeeba-G aka Thias aka crashman aka NationsWide aka Whatever sounds cool at the moment!
Age: 21 bout be 22
Hometown: Htown
Born in: houston tay has
Self Classification: alive and able to move body at will, even think!
Education: 2 years basics in college. One sem. out of 10-12 at university of Houston architecture.

(Interests)
Favorite Films: Avatar in 3d was impressive. Lion king, finding nemo, Billy madison "So sick of it though", Not a film but anime series "TRIGUN" watch it all if you haven't seen it its very good and only like 24 eps.
Favorite Meal:Depends, probably sausage and eggs and coffee for breakfast.
Favorite Actor: Not too great at names, keith ledger was really good in batman even though batman's actor sucked. Jim carrey is really funny, Adam sandler's ok. Mike Meyers is funny as hell. Oh yea Tom Hanks DUH just watched saving Private Ryan.
Favorite Actress: Got nothin
Favorite Game to Date: """"Super Metroid"""", Zelda oot, megaman2, Counterstrike conditionzero. I grew sick of halflife but the engine itself is wonderful.
Game you're most looking forward to:None really. Content with goldsource "STILL" Well I guess the next Zelda, Twilight was kinda shabby.
Favourite Bands/Musicians:AS I LAY DYING! ! ! ! ! ! 311 for more chill genre. Slightly stoopid's great too.
Favourite Drink Hot/Cold: Green tea, coffee with coffee mate and sugar. Coke, pepsi. I love monster probably the most but it makes my heart hurt
Favourite Alcohol: budweiser select, mikes hard lemonade and vodka mix drinks.
Hobbies:Mapping, Drawing, FISHING, kayaking, flatlanding"bmx", Piano, little guitar, making music "Fruity loops", ceramics"sculpting, throwing teapots mostly". And many many many more!

(Other)
Girlfriend/Boyfriend Yes/No?: Nope just got out of 2 year relationship. Talking to someone.
Past Girlfriends/Boyfriends: Refer to previous documentation regarding this issue.
Things that make you smile: Fishing, Flatlanding, MAPPING!!!, girls
Things that make you really laugh out loud: fail videos, tosh.o, Balloonshop on youtube some of their stuff is hilarious. Pranks. Turtling someone's backpack!!!
Things that annoy you: Other people, lack of time, Whatever I decide to let get to me.
Things that well and truely piss you off: Procrastinating.
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Congratulations skals and the rest of you!

Yea your right I have stuff that would kill me to lose. From now on i'll atleast back up the important things incase something like this happens again.

Glad to see a comp started and finished so smoothly. Good luck guys. I didn't enter this one.

Thanks for all the help guys, i'll try them when i'm back in town from christmas. Yea starting fresh isn't an option for be being that I have tons of precious rmf.'s and other precious work.

Thats right, theres a really nasty spyware on my computer. When I turn my computer on the spyware changes my background image to a message telling me theres a spyware on my computer and "this background is obviously not from my computer" because it says stupid stuff like your friends, family and coworkers aren't safe or some bs. and the only function I am able to do is click on a thing that takes me to a link to purchase their bs antivirus product like they really expect me to hand them my credit infromation.

Anyways I can't do a system restore or go to the internet to download a free program like avast to get rid of it. WHen I click internet it goes to the internet but than freezes and x's out of it immediately. And same goes for just about any other function except conrol panel. And there's a icon on the bottom right "a shield with an x on it" but when I check in control pannel it shows that virus protection is actually on.

Btw all I had was AVG which worked for a few years...

Is there anything I could try? I want to map all of a sudden! ! ! A level inspired by desert collosus from oot mixed in with some modern lost technology.

Luckily for me architecture students get architecture programs for free

Right...

Good thing I didn't enter my computer has a virus and I can't do anything on it!

Finally a wip sheesh! Lol even though i'm not entering i'm still curious to see.

Think like this. Every aspect of a competition entry matters. The architecture and level itself matters the most but the ambience, lighting, story, reasons make it that much better.

Edit: Maybe I could use this as an opportunity to recreate a piece of architecture. Hmm will it fit into my schedule?

Well seems I don't have time to enter this one with the sem. coming to an end. Don't like the theme anyway. Good luck to the rest of you!

Edit: I'm sure theres great ideas out there, history holds, well... Everything that makes today what it is.

Just worry about that once you even have anything to put in such a format.

Lol mod format has been the most confusing topic over the last many competitions.

Def. good. Go getem jeffy!

School's finalizing for me next week so if I start it will be after that. Plus I don't like this theme. But can't complain, im sure I could make something out of it!

Hmm, I have a few ideas. Making terrain and foliage in hammer sucks though so might as well throw out that idea... Hmm-Thinking. The only way I will enter is f I get an amazing idea. I'll atleast have winter break from school soon so I might have time for this one.

Hmm I didn't like this idea because I like to make my own stuff but I shall seeith. Good job gettin things rollin guys!

This thread isn't going anywhere whatsoever! And i'm not going to enter a competition that is completely un interesting. How about there just be no more competition threads and just make a competition because im sick of all this useless anticipation. Just come up with an interesting idea and start a competition out of it. Or get this thread organized!

This competition thread is moving slower than a salty slug. Its ok though because I have eight class days left of this semester and tons of homework.

So are we going to each submit an idea or just go with the same old ones? I agree that I don't like any proposed thus far. And I think brush work is a better focus being that source outways gold hugely in entities. Either way you can always add them to make your levels better. So should we each submit one idea and do it that way?

Soup your more than clever enough to come up with a good idea. Or, well destructification from base could be "your idea/ vote"...

Edit: gah lee iv'e been gone all day and no responses. Well I think this competition should be a fresh new idea as well. Unless yall want to do it the way Strider proposed/ said. I feel I should have a little say being that I won last one. My idea is... uhh/??

Yea I agree, and dm from base twice. How about we have everyone submit "just ONE" of their favorite ideas starting now. And than we vote on them. And type it in green so it stands out. I will think of one tomorrow and post it tomorrow night.

I really don't like any of those ideas especially the hsitorical one but if I were to choose from them I would pick "deathmatch from base". The first ones cool but I don't feel like making a useless map. And I really don't want to remake a historical place. Unless it was historical architecture. I guess my vote goes to dm from base.

At first I thought abandoned hospital was stupid but I actually like it. I see an old town with hay growing and blowing in the wind. A big glass lobby with doors swinging open in the wind and old hospital material here and there. Out of date computers. Warm beams of sun revealing dust. I vote map an abandoned hospital if it could be an option!

I don't care what the competition is lets make this happen already. Geez i'm going to be soooo busy if I enter. Which I always do...

Land mines cuz mine is so hot it might explode. Duhh. Cool screenie Strider and moab!

Mine's cool so decided to post. I really like it. Bet mine's the best! <- not sarcastic face, "overly confident face!"

You guys have no halloween spirit!

The reason I still use gold is because its a quick tool to get ideas into a 3d realm quickly and somewhat pleasantly. And compiles take no time until an entire map is almost or is complete and it still only takes a few minutes. I don't think i've waited over nine minutes for a compile ever. Usually compiles take me 30 seconds to a min.

Source mapping takes me over nine minutes just to open up the sdk. Maybe once I get a new machine i'll begin with it but as far as im concerned im not a gamer but an architect. And gold is a great tool to quickly experiment with 3d ideas. Its like a little piece of heaven that I can craft in.

Great idea Rim! Best of luck.

I'll be busy the rest of October so i'm good for now.

Edit? double posted it...

This thread hit a brick wall.

So, seems this thread isn't moving anymore. Voting shall we?

Your right soup, I always save screens I like in paint so I can use them again.

Cool but not that Octoberish.

Yea that would be helpful, sorry. Any other good ideas for the next competition? I don't feel like waiting for it, im beginning a dm map now!

Well I guess it was sort of funny. I remem. checking it out way back and not even understanding what happened...

Thanks for nothing 2muchvideogames. I searched like 50 pages to find "alternate origins" and it was a waste of life. You guys have a strange sense of humor lol.

Who has that thing, whats it called. Oh yea motivation.

Thats stupid to use hl1's textures. There crappy and out dated as you just admitted. Anyone can get textures from another game, just put in the extra effort. Im soooo sick of seeing the original textures in new maps.

Map a rats map is a great idea. Not of your immediate surroundings and not to a certain scale. You guys are being too specific. And i've already done a rats of my room so such specifications wouldn't allow me to enter. Post nuclear map is pretty cool but probably more ideal for source. I agree that broad ideas are great for more creativity but I think we need an idea that is neither too broad nore too specific. Last competition idea was a little too broad though a great idea it just required lots of mapping. Thats the only reason a little more specific idea would be ok for this competition. Lets come up with "new" fresh ideas though guys.

Heres a few new ideas from me along with my favortite.

-Map triangular architecture, arch. with triangles as its main influence/component.

-Map your house. Change it up if you'd like. Include pictures.

-Map a huge deathmatch map where its size is a big aspect. Think of carbaseus as an example.

-Make a deathmatch map that takes place in the sky. Think floating islands, canons, etc.

-Make a deathmatch map/sp map that takes place under the ocean. Could be enclosed in glass architecture just as long as it is under the sea.

-Map a grave yard.

-Mars. Your take on what habitation/architecture/living spaces, society on mars might look like.

-Music. Make a map where each seperate area is influenced by different music or an entire map inspired by one song. The music could or could not be played in the map but probably should. Think of maps like huhhh and whaaa for counterstrike.

-Remake black mesa research facility. Intro/train ride could also be done. Intro lab would be done.

This is how you could improve this map. Hilight the entire map in hammer. Select delete. Start over.

No offense but was that a joke?

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The shapes would be somewhat hard but the overall architecture isn't extremely complex. Its basically a huge altered box with a unique roof and huge cutouts for the windows. Vertex manipulation would have to be used tons. The hardest thing to do when reconstructing architecture is scale. I got quite a bit done on villa savoye and realized my scale is a little too big so I sorta have to start over.

Wow what are the odds. Im currently mapping villa savoye! No joke. And I was thinking of doing notre dame du hat next its my favorite church, I love Le corbusier.

I think i'm going to wait until i'm finished with villa savoye and than decide what pice of architecture to map next. I will map notre dame du hate some time for sure though. It wouldn't be that hard I don't think.

Wow I like the way you guys keep the ball rolling here. Though a few weeks isn't enough time to get an entry out of me. I have full time college for architecture and I work 25 hours a week on top of that. But I would love a month or longer competition again. I have a really great idea that has been done by some but i've been wanting to have a take on it and it would be great competition.

Remake black mesa research facility. This means the entrance/ base area after the intro train ride. The train ride could also be remade if so desired.

If we were to do another map from base I think a deathmatch style theme is the best because its good opportunity to get some more good deathmatch maps out there, and they can always be converted to single player maps as tetsuo did with competition 27.

I think there's too many good ideas out there to redo an idea though especially twice though map from base is very broad in many senses.

I'll post other ideas as they come.

I like the idea of "focusing on architecture". I would do so much more we just need a great theme. "map a dream" was so entirely broad that I had to do so many maps to get my ideas across. Map something like a temple or other type of architecture is more ideal. How about we have an "architecture" competition. Design a piece of architecture with certain aspects/ limitations like for example; use hexagons as your main component as was done by Kasperg in hexagerate.

Instead we should do triangles!!!

Haha looking great Tetsuo, how inspiring. I've always wanted to have a take on this. Maybe I will in gold. Great architecture practice.